In other words, you are stuck with your current storage, and expanding it internally is not an option. MacBooks are manufactured in a specific way that makes it very difficult for an end-user to add more SSD or RAM to their MacBooks.
Furthermore, even if you are willing to spend more money on SSD for your Mac, you cannot upgrade the computer’s storage after you’ve already purchased it. For example, a Windows laptop for a similar price would likely have double that amount of SSD storage. On the other hand, the more affordable MacBooks usually come with around 512 GB of SSD, which is serviceable but is certainly not a lot. That is not to say that there aren’t some MacBook models that have sizable amounts of storage space but to get them, you’d need to spend quite a lot of money.
However, there are also some downsides to primarily using a Mac for your work and that is the overall lack of space on their drives. MacBooks are highly-portable and compact, easy to use, rarely have any serious issues that require complex troubleshooting methods, and just do what they are supposed to without requiring you to jump through any hoops. Using a MacBook has a lot of advantages over other systems.
On the other hand, SSDs are preferable if you want to be able to access and use data or software stored on them without having to first transfer that data to your Mac, in which case the greater speed that SSDs offer becomes a very significant factor. If, for instance, you need an external drive with lots of space to use for simply storing large amounts of data and don’t care about how fast your Mac would be able to read that data directly from the external drive, then it may be better to get an HDD, because you’d have more space without spending too much money. Typically, you can get twice or even three times more storage space from an HDD compared to an SSD for the same amount of money.
HDDs are certainly not obsolete (yet), as they have one very significant advantage over SSD – they are much, much more affordable even their higher-end models tend to cost a lot less compared to most SSDs. Those advantages are among the many reasons why SSDs are rapidly pushing the more traditional HDD drives into obscurity. In general, the SSDs use more advanced technology, which has a number of advantages, namely, significantly faster read and write speeds, greater durability and reliability, better energy efficiency, longer lifespan, and less noise (as there aren’t any spinning parts in the drive). There are two types of external drives, depending on the technology used to store data – HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and SSD (Solid State Drive) – and it is important to know the differences between the two when picking an external drive for your Mac.